Jump to content

DAYS Spinoff: Beyond Salem Discussion Thread


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 662
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Members

Beyond Salem: The Hortons "Will and Sonny Horton"

Starring:

Chandler Massey

Zach Tinker

 

Guest Stars:

Christopher Sean

Greg Rikaart

Billy Flynn

Spencer Neville

Additional cast to be added later

Please register in order to view this content

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Let's throw in all the gaggle of gays. 

Brant Daughtery who played Brian. 

Jesse Kristofferson that played Neil. Will's first gay kiss. 

Tyler Seller who played Brent, Sonny's old climbing buddy that tried to lure Sonny away from Will. 

The gay male stripper dude from Paul's stag night that was confused why Paul would ever want to marry someone as boring as pre-Zach, Sonny. 

 

 

Edited by wingwalker
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Rinna played Rinna in the beginning to me, but I saw Billie as the show continued on. I wish Chelsea had a mention during the interaction with Ciara. 
 

Kristen should have been in the finale revealing Sarah whereabouts to lead to a story for “regular” days ,or a season 2, or maybe even in Nashville or somewhere with a new warehouse with new initials. 
 

overall Beyond was better than current days ( aside from wtf going on with Brent Douglas)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I don't think they wanted to tie in this too closely with what's currently happening on DAYS since they don't know how much of the audience will bother watching Beyond Salem. Plus, I think the way to go forward with BS is not necessarily to follow this group of characters into another season - I quite like the idea of exploring various off screen characters' lives in future installments.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

After watching all 5 episodes and than re-watching them, i truly think this should become a spinoff. Do it like they do with other peacock or Netflix shows. Each season, consist of 13 episodes and focus on certain characters. Than can bring back people like Billie, Carrie, Will, etc and other former cast members. They seem to get away with more stuff than on the regular show. Daytime is general has become stale and they don't seem to be taking risks like they did in the 90's or up to the early 00's.

Each season, focus on a certain main storyline and have a whole bunch of current and former cast members be in different seasons.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Episode One: 7.5/10

  • The classic hour-glass opening with updated graphics? Amazing. If only we could get that opening as the actual Days of Our Lives opener, because it rocked!
  • The stock footage, in comparison to the on-set footage, feels out-of-place, but I can appreciate the effort put into it.
  • The post-production value of Beyond Salem supersedes the post-production of Days of Our Lives. Can NBC put some $$ into post-producing the main serial?
  • The re-purposed DiMera set with the Beyond Salem post-production proves how much better the set could actually look. Though, Paulina has THIS in Miami, yet a recycled apartment in Salem...? That does not add up.
  • Charlie's old apartment looks AMAZING for Sonny & Will... and Zach Tinker is great as Sonny! This recast needs to be permanent.
  • Austin & Carrie's apartment is laughable... a ship-like door from the living room to what I assume is that kitchen? Is it a refurbished from the apartment Abigail & Chad lived in during their own mini-series?
  • What is this sex theme? Cheap AF! I mean... the music fits with it being more of a limited-run mystery.
  • "Our budget isn't what it used to be." Shade made, whether intentional or not.
  • The name drops being dropped by Paulina are a bit... unrealistic, if you ask me.
  • Making Tinker's Sonny more casually laid back makes sense, and is a nice switch for the suit-wearing Sonny that Freddie Smith portrayed in his final years in the role.
  • Chad has a "big tip" for Will, huh? Looks like Ron Carlivati is really using the streaming platform to his advantage.
  • LEO STARK HAS ARRIVED!
  • Thankfully, the outdoor scenes look better than the 2015/2016 green-looking bullsh!t we were subjected to during Days of Our Lives' 50th anniversary.

Episode 2: 7/10

  • I'm sorry, but it took everyone at that restaurant far too long to realize what was happening.
  • "If you have a price range, then you can't afford it." haha.
  • Can Peter Porte bring Kyle Graham and a recast Billie Reed (with Gina Tognoni) to Salem...? Please...?
  • Tinker understood the assignment and SHOWED UP as Sonny, and ATE the material!
  • "Will only wants me for my peacock." Lawd.
  • If these two guys kill Paulina I wouldn't be upset. But why did NO ONE do something, like running away? They all stood there.
  • Flaversham? WTF kind of name is that? LOL! Only daytime could have these names.
  • Ben & Ciara working for the ISA? Bleh. Let me pass [out].
  • Chaddy-Daddy being dominate with Leo is such a turn on.

Episode 3: 8/10

  • Loving the steamier sets... but still no nudity? Kind of disappointing.
  • Seeing Abe & Shane reuniting is kind of awesome.
  • Three men? In a shower? Also.. missing the chance to see some backsides through a shower door or two!
  • SISTER MARY! Incredible. And holding a ruler? Iconic.
  • Referencing The Real Housewives? Hmm.. not sure how I feel about it. And product-placing Lisa Rinna's beauty line? Nah.
  • Leo is all of us stanning CHASS!
  • KRISTEN FRIGGIN' DIMERA!!!! ICONIC!!! Eileen Davidson looks fire!!!!

    Please register in order to view this content

Episode 4: 9/10

  • As much as Leo is enjoyable... he's also a major creep and predator.
  • Miles & Sophie! Stupid last name... but love seeing Scott Bailey & Adrienne Frantz, respectively. Frantz's voice is nice in that posh tone.
  • A sex party, huh? Interesant!
  • Did Davidson & Porte ever interact when they were both on The Young and the Restless?
  • Frantz is LIVING her fantasy in this role, isn't she?
  • This club is sad... especially if it's the most happening.
  • Billy Flynn, Chandler Massey and Tinker are LIVING for this. Flynn studied. Yes he did.

Episode 5: 9/100

  • Two Shanes at once? Hmm.. what is this?
  • Leo is taking it a bit too far if you ask me... though, seeing Flynn in his underwear is everything.
  • Drew Donovan? Insane. Decent use of history.
  • How TF are all of these people, relative or otherwise, OK with Ciara being married to the necktie killer? Like, c'mon now, and they've never popped up until now.
  • How TF are people traveling faster on Beyond Salem than they do on Days of Our Lives?
  • Oh. This plot twist is great.... campy but great! If this is what we could potentially get on Days of Our Lives, let's move it from NBC to Peacock!
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I've said it before, but I do hope that some of the money spent on Beyond Salem will benefit DAYS in some way - at least the refreshed sets should come to some use on the main show. But if it does we won't be seeing that until January 2022, because DAYS.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Aww, yeah it's very heartbreaking and I mostly enjoyed the Nola/Vanessa scenes because they finally let their walls down and came together in a beautiful moment. So Nola was at the hospital already and bumped into Vanessa, who had MRI papers that fell out of her hand and Nola went down to pick them up and asked her what was going on. Later, Vanessa confided in her about her disease. Then, Nola told Zachary on the beach (he prodded her and already alluded to knowing something was going on with Van), and then Vanessa found out she told him and got a little upset. Now, however, Nola is strangely absent while everyone is mourning her death. I'm curious if Nola will actually tell people about her MRI results. I would assume so. Only Nola, Rick, Roger and Zachary know anything, although there is the MRI results letter from the mail that everyone has missed seeing at home. I'm sure it'll all come out at some point. But... I just saw the next episode and the opening already cut Vanessa out and added Dahlia and Zachary. I guess Maeve is gone for a long time

      Please register in order to view this content

       That will break my heart seeing the town continue to mourn her and assume she's dead. I can't wait to see her return though, and I have to imagine feelings will be torn between loving that she's alive and being very angry she did all of this. While I hate what Vanessa is doing, I'm happy to hear it's not totally against her character. I think you're right, had Henry still been around, she wouldn't put him through this. I'm still surprised she is with Bill, though. I get her feelings on Matt, because she wants him to move on, but still very heartbreaking. I'm glad this was Maeve's choice to have a break vs. being fired.   
    • Yes.  I remember them together during the early summer of 1986.  They didn't share scenes again for 30 years until 2017 because Carrie wasn't on the show when Anna returned during Sydney's kidnapping.
    • I can see Kim being that way. Well, Kyle didn't have to say yes. LOL. The suicide attempt feels plot-driven. I don't know if even Long could've made it work. She'd spent so much time trying to make Reva and Kyle into a couple, it feels odd to just have them give up. Not to mention how odd it is to have Maeve agree to marry him. Re Charita---surely they could've at least tried  finding clips with who was still there. Maybe they wouldn't have been "big" moments, but surely she'd interacted with Ross, Vanessa, and Henry. Vanessa had dated Ed, FCOL. But Mo and Rick were there---surely they could've bothered to find some clips of her with them (and they did interact a fair amount) and used them. And with Ed they could've found some shot of her talking to him and just not cut to whoever was playing Ed in the clip. That to me is what feels lazy---they had more than a year to figure it out, and they went with a bunch of photos. If you were sort of centering it on Rick anyway---then find clips with them and use 'em.
    • I definitely think it's time to write off Nina for good. I think her killing Drew might actually be a good idea. She could completely lose it after losing both Sasha and Willow and she ends up murdering Drew and eventually she gets caught and sent away to prison for a long time. 
    • I hope it's okay to post this here(as in from DC)  
    • Quick question - did Christie and Leann share any scenes together in the '80s before Leann left the show?
    • This is the perfect way to encapsulate the situation. So many morally-reprehensible stories were foisted on the show and its characters in ATWT's dwindling years. Rape should never be used as a cheap plot device or in a way that degrades the victim. Jack's sexual assault was another heinous example of how nasty the the show's tone had become. The fact that people like Hogan Sheffer, Ron Carlivati, Jean Passanante, Charles Pratt, Dena Higley, etc., somehow end up winning awards for their material, decimates the credibility and integrity of the awards, IMHO. Soaps used to have a solid moral core and did not originally wallow in the gutter, rolling around in filth and depravity just to be cool, hip, campy, or whatever else modern-day PTB aim for. Thank you. Cruelty, degradation and misogyny are not components which lend themselves to successful soaps, which have always been predicated on warmth, family bonds, and providing a comforting haven for their audience. The genre has been crippled because the cynical and ignorant executives in charge understand neither the shows nor what the audience wants to see.
    • Beverlee was on a whole other level from Kim. It's not like they were in competition with each other. I get the feeling that Kim had a slight problem with the super-professional, serious cast members who just wanted everyone to be prepared and do the work, as she seems to like having fun on set. (She's made a few cracks about Chris Bernau being like that). Bev was definitely one of those. But they didn't work together that much. Yeah, they made her manic and also much weaker. She always had a vulnerability, but wanting to kill herself over that guy? No way. Not only that, he didn't leave her! She insisted he marry Maeve. When they did the tribute to Bert/Charita, the compilation of scenes with her showed how much the cast had been almost totally turned over in a relatively short period of time. Nearly every shot was of her by herself because most people she had worked with had been fired, left or been replaced. I assume they couldn't show her with people who hadn't been replaced, like Don Stewart, Elvera Roussel, or Robert Newman because they would have had to pay them for using their clips. It's dreadful to watch. Like she had no connection to the current show.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy